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No Shock Tactic Should Disrupt Free Speech

Diane Weber Bederman | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Abortion, Ethan Jackson, University of Waterloo, Prefrontal Cortex, Agora, Western Canon, Cultural Relativism, Socrates, Wilfred Laurier University, Abortion Debate, Allan Bloom, Stephen Woodworth, Christianity, The Brain, Harold Bloom, Amygdala, Vulveta, Canada Politics News
Diane Weber Bederman

It is sadly becoming normal for guest speakers to be disrespected in places that we call "higher learning." Dressed as a vagina, Ethan Jackson felt right at home spewing what he believes to be well thought out highly educated views. They demand respect while denigrating the views of others, like Mr. Stephen Woodworth.

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Finding Tony 2012

Vac Verikaitis | Posted 09.08.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Italy, Immigration, Socrates, Plato, Lithuania, Immigration Reports, Jason Kenney, European Culture in Canada, Canadian Culture, Canadian Heritage, Canada, Culture, Canada Living News
Vac Verikaitis

So I'm standing outside "The Barn" restaurant ("It's called The Barn because all the animals go there" I was once told), having a smoke, and some hapless soul walks up and asks me for a cigarette. That'll teach me to open up a full pack on Queen Street. As I hand this guy his smoke, he looks at me, and in all sincerity asks "Do you know Tony?".

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Rafael Nadal's Platonic Courage

Marko Sijan | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada
Read More: Sports, Rafael Nadal, Socrates, Plato, Philosophy, Novak Djokovic, Nadal Djokovic, U.S. Open, Men's Finals, Tennis, Video, Canada News
Marko Sijan

Like an ocean tide, the court lifted Nadal higher toward who knows where. His defeat took on the grandeur of a victory that outstripped the baser limitation of our terminal obsession with "winning."

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